Chirton
Chirton is a Town in the county of Wiltshire.
There are great places to visit near Chirton including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes, parks and villages.
Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are great places to visit near Chirton if you like historic monuments.
The area around Chirton features a number of interesting ancient sites including Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.
Avebury Manor is one of Chirton's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Chirton.
Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park are great places to visit near Chirton if you like country parks.
Places near Chirton feature a number of interesting lakes including Coate Water.
There are a several good parks in the area around Chirton like Lydiard Park.
Villages to visit near Chirton include Ashton Keynes.
Chirton History
There are some historic monuments around Chirton:
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury village
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Round barrow north-west of Goods Clump
- All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Enclosure on Black Heath Down
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill, 420m north of Hill Cottage
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the Alton White Horse
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North Down
- Long barrow north of Robin Hood Ball Clump
- Long barrow south of Horse Down
- Ell Barrow, long barrow
- Silver Barrow, Orcheston Down
- Round barrow south-south-east of Greenland Camp
- Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Two bowl barrows 400m south of Tanhill Penning
- Two boundary features to the north/north-east and west of Silver Barrow
- Field system on Penning Down
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's Hill
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures
- Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down
- Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
- Two round barrows W of New Town Farm
- Group of barrows on Draycott Hill
- Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch Plantation
- Round barrow south-west of Compton Farm
- Enclosure south-east of Candown Copse
- Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Adam's Grave: a long barrow on Walker's Hill
- Long barrow on Easton Down
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penning
- Enclosure and associated bowl barrow west of Wexland Hanging
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings Down
- West Chisenbury Settlement
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's Hill
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic Farm
- The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
- Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- A group of six barrows east of Newfoundland Farm Wood
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Harepit Way linear boundary
- Long barrow on King's Play Hill, 430m north west of Hill Cottage
- Earthwork W of New Town Farm
- Linear earthwork on West Down
- Swanborough Tump
- Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow
- East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton Buildings
- Wansdyke: section from S of Furze Hill to Marlborough-Pewsey road
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Bowl barrow on Tilshead Down, 950m north west of Copehill Plantation
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
- Moated site 300m north-east of Potterne Park Farm
- Enclosure and boundary earthwork west of Scraggy Copse
- Enford Roman villa
- Saucer barrow on North Down
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 1km west of Tan Hill
- Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field Barn
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm
- Ditch W of Tanhill Fair
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Boundary feature on Ball Down
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's Hill
- Earthwork enclosure N of Wansdyke
- Rybury camp
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earthwork NW of New Town Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze Knoll
- Medieval settlement remains immediately west of The Vicarage
- Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Enclosure on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Knap Hill camp near Alton Priors
- Bell barrow on Easton Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North Down
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' Shore
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
- Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West Down
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge Hill
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp Knoll
- Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage
- Four earthwork enclosures on All Cannings Down
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic Farm
- Three Roman burial mounds, a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a pagan Saxon inhumation cemetery and a short length of Roman road on Overton Hill.
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton Buildings
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Barrow S of Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
- The Long Monument
- Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore
- Earthwork enclosure on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow
- Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse
- Strip lynchets north-east of East Chisenbury
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North Down
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrows
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' Shore
- Round barrow north of Summer Down
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrows
- Bowl barrow north of splinterproof shelter, Larkhill Artillery Range
- Enclosure on Marden Down
- Boundary feature, western section of Long Ditch across Wilsford Down
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic Farm
- Boundary earthworks on Wilsford Down
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Orcheston Down Romano-British landscape
- Long barrow on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic Farm
- Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox Covert
- White Barrow, a long barrow
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings Down
- Section of the Wansdyke
- Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert
- Long barrow east of Netheravon Bake
- Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm
- Langdean stone circle
- Bowl barrow on King's Play Hill 510m north of Hill Cottage
- Pair of bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Allington Down
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemetery
- Bell barrow 660m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Long barrow north of Netheravon Bake
- Two boundary earthworks on the west of Rushall Down
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North Down
- Earth Burgh (or Eorth Burh) NW of New Town Farm
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton Down
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down
- Enclosure on Summer Down
- Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Tanhill Penning
- Medieval village site
- Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury Hill
- Casterley Camp and associated monuments
- Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
- Bowl barrow east of the Ridgeway forming part of the Overton Hill Bronze Age round barrow cemetery.
- Bowl barrow 50m south-east of the `Sanctuary' forming part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery.
- Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down
- The Sanctuary, Overton Hill
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton Down
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow Hill
